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[quote=Anonymous]I'm not personally involved in this situation, but as the parent of a teen it resonates.

A 16 year old teen in our county snapchatted a picture of herself wearing a chocolate mask with the caption "finally a n....." (spelled out) to a friend before the election. Her friend took a screenshot and then posted it on instagram after the election with the girl's name. A firestorm erupted in the community. The girl received death threats and people telling her to kill herself. She attended one of the local public high schools. We are in an extremely diverse area, think Columbia/Ellicott City. Whatever disciplinary action (if any ) was taken is of course confidential. Rumor was that the girl was disenrolled from her public school and now attends  an out of state private school. On a community FB message board that I belong to, grown adults were calling for her to be beaten and dragged.

Most recently, the black pastor of a local church reached out to and met with the girl and her family. He publicly posted the girl's apology and spoke of moving on with forgiveness, not hatred. The girl said she had no idea of the history of blackface or how hurtful her actions would be to others. Some grown adults are still calling for her to  be beaten. They say she is sorry only that she got caught, not about how her actions hurt others.

The whole thing is sickening, but I am shocked by the degree of hatred being levelled at a 16 year old. She screwed up big time and definitely should face consequences, but beating, dragging, suicide are not the right response.  What do you think?[/quote]

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